Efficacy and safety of doxazosin for ureterolithiasis: a meta-analysis_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

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WANG Fan ,  YANG Lu ,  WEI Qiang

Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;

Corresponding author：

YANG Lu, Email: wycleflue@163.com; WEI Qiang, Email: weiqiang933@126.com

Keywords：

Ureterolithiasis; Doxazosin; Tamsulosin; Efficacy; Safety; Meta-analysis; Systematic review; Randomized controlled trial

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10.7507/1672-2531.201812104

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Objectives To systematically review the efficacy and safety of doxazosin for ureterolithiasis.Methods PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library and CNKI databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of comparing doxazosin with conservative treatment or tamsulosin for ureterolithiasis from inception to October, 2018. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, then, RevMan 5.3 software was used to perform meta-analysis.Results A total of 15 RCTs involving 1 062 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: compared with conservative treatment, doxazosin significantly facilitated ureteral stone expulsion (RR=1.62, 95%CI 1.45 to 1.81, P<0.000 01). No statistical significant difference was found in stone-free rate (RR=0.96, 95%CI 0.83 to 1.11, P=0.57), stone expulsion time (SMD=−0.17, 95%CI −0.52 to 0.19, P=0.35) or pain episode frequency (SMD=0.21, 95%CI −0.15 to 0.56, P=0.25) between doxazosin and tamsulosin. Treatment-associated serious side effects were rarely reported.Conclusion Current evidence shows that doxazosin is an efficient and safe medical expulsion agent for ureterolithiasis management. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are required to verify above conclusions.

Citation： WANG Fan, YANG Lu, WEI Qiang. Efficacy and safety of doxazosin for ureterolithiasis: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(7): 828-835. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201812104 Copy

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